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Horse Rake.

No. 5,132. Patented May 29,- 1847-.--

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Horse Rake.

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Patented May 29;- 1847.

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JNO. M. BROWN AND B. B. BROWN, OF MARION COUNTY, OHIO.

GRAIN AND HAY RAKE.

To all whom. it may concern. Be it known that we, J OIIN M. BROWN andBENJAMIN B. BROWN, of the county of Marion and State of Ohio, haveinvented a new and valuable Improvement in the Con struction of Grainand Hay Rakes, and do hereby declare that the following is a full andaccurate description thereof, to wit:

A frame constructed of wood iron or steel or a combination of two ormore of these materials as represented in the accompanying drawingNo. 1. This frame work consists of five fingers more or less fastenedtogether by a bar K, K, and a bar at R, It, with-handles attachedbehind, A, A, and runners marked D, D, D, D, D, in the drawingaforesaid. There is a small frame to work inside of the large one asrepresented in the accompanying drawing No. 2, the forward ends of whichare fastened by a screw or bolt to the second finger from the sides ofthe large framethe arms of which are marked S, S, in the drawing lastaforesaid with handles behind. E, E, fastened'into the cross bar H, H,as represented in drawing No. 3, which small frame is strengthened bybraces as represented at V, V, in said drawing No. 3. There is a dividerF, F, with a convex front, when raised the bar of which is fastened tothe middle finger by a bolt or screw at W. To the hind end of the bar ofthis divider is attached by a bolt or screw a stirrup marked N, on saiddrawing N0. 6. The lower end of this stirrup is attached by a bolt orscrew to the fore end' of the lever G, as represented in the drawinglast aforesaid. There is a bar U extending downward from the middlefinger immediately under the cross bar R, R, to the lower end of whichthe lever G, is attached by a bolt as represented in said drawing No. 6.The hind end of this lever works loosely in an eye or mortise in thecross bar H, H, at K Fig. 3. The feet of the small frame are attached tothe ends of the cross bar H, H, by bolts or may be formed at the ends ofan iron rod I, I, bent down at the ends and running through an eye atthe lower side of each end of the bar H, H, as represented in drawingsNos. 3 and 4, at I, I, I, I. The large frame is strengthened by bracesattached to the inside of the handles A, A, and the cross bar It, It,which braces are represented at T, '1, in drawings Nos. 1 and 2. Thereare also braces L, ex

tending from the outside fingers downward and backward to near the lowerend of the handles A, A. There is a guard plate of sheet iron or othermetal attached by screws or bolts to the right side of the middle fingeras represented at M, M, in drawing No. 6 extending from about one inchforward of the knuckle a sufiicient distance back to allow the bar ofthe divider to work Without obstruction, leaving a space between theplate and finger equal to the thickness of the divider. The handles A,A,-are to extend down eight inches from the top of the cross bar K, Kand the feet of the small frame I, I, are to extend down eight inchesbelow the feet of the handles A, A. The handles A, A, may be made ofsuch length above the cross bar K, K as may be adapted to the height ofthe man who is to use it. The two outer fingers are to be mortised. intothe handles A, A, eight inches above the feet of the handles. All theinner fingers are mortised into the cross bar K, K, about nine inchesapart. The fingers B, B, B, B, B, may be of any length desired but themost convenient length is three feet from the bar K, K, to the kunckleat P, P in drawing No. 2, and two feet from the knuckle forward to thepoints. The cross bar R, B, should be inserted through mortises in thefingers one foot forward of the bar K, K, and fastened by a bolt througheach finger. The fingers from the knuckle forward to the points inclinedownward four inches to the foot and forward of the knuckles are made ofsteel with the upper edges sharp from the points back two-thirds of thedistance to the knuckles. If the fingers from the knuckles back aremadeof wood then the fore part of them are attached by bolts at P, P. Therunners are made of steel with one end welded to the points of thefingers and the other end welded to the fingers eight inches back of theknuckle and of such curve that a perpendicular drawn from the top of theknuckle to the base of the runner will be one foot long and the curvefrom the point of the runner back to the perpendicular is but one inchwhen the fingers are two feet long from the knuckles to the points. Therake is to be used by hand and by one man walking between the handles A,A, and pushing it before him in the swath and when the rake is filled orsufficiently loaded by setting it down the feet of the small framestrike the ground first and throw the arms of the small frame up whichelevates the oint of the divider and separates the grain at the knucklesof the fingers allowing the grain behind the knuckles to be bound insheaves without obstacles from the stubble or otherwise and preventingthe loss of any grain and rendering the grain so gathered more easilythreshed with a machine on account of the straws being more even andless tangled than is the case in ordinary raking, and by the use of thisrake the grain is all collected without loss and one man can rake andbind as fast as two in the ordinary method.

What we claim as our improvement and desire to secure by Letters Patentis- The combination of the divider (operating as set forth) with thesmall frame, in the manner described; also the sharp edges of the forepart of the fingers by means of which the small vines and grass in thestubble are cut and prevented from obstructing the progress of the rake.

JOHN M. BROWN. BENJAMIN B. BROWN.

Attest:

JOHN J. WILLIAMS, JOSEPH J. WILLIAMS.

